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Unisonic 737 Handheld Electronic Calculator

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Unisonic 737 Handheld Electronic Calculator
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  • Unisonic 737 Handheld Electronic Calculator
  • Unisonic 737 Handheld Electronic Calculator, Back View

    Object Details

    maker

    Unisonic

    Description

    This handheld electronic calculator has a metal and plastic case with an array of twenty-five square plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, two memory keys, a clear key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, and a percentage key. Above the keyboard are a decimal point switch (floating decimal point, two digits after the decimal point, or four digits after the decimal point) and a subtraction summation switch. A mark behind this reads: Unisonic 737 (/) SLIDE RULETTE. Behind this is a green vacuum fluorescent display. Another switch and a jack for a power supply are along the back edge. Text on the back reads: Unisonic 737 (/) RATING 6V-DC 0.5W (/) NO. 028723 (/) MADE IN JAPAN. Below this is a compartment for four AA batteries.
    Compare MachVI Slide Rulette (1986.0988.254).
    Reference:
    [Advertisement], Washington Post, May 15, 1974, p. E7. Unisonic 737 “pocket memory calculator,” regularly priced at $69.96, on sale for $59.88.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of John B. Priser

    date made

    ca 1974

    ID Number

    1986.0988.119

    accession number

    1986.0988

    catalog number

    1986.0988.119

    Object Name

    electronic calculator

    Other Terms

    electronic calculator; Handheld

    Physical Description

    plastic (case; keys material)
    metal (case; circuitry material)
    glass (display material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1 in x 3 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.5725 cm x 13.335 cm

    place made

    Japan

    See more items in

    Medicine and Science: Computers
    Computers & Business Machines
    Handheld Electronic Calculators

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3453-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_334533
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